The Carillon

1940s Alumni Class News & Notes

Spring 2023

2003

Nic Rangel, Esq., UAlbany classes of 2006 and 2011.
Nic Rangel, Esq., ’06, ’11

David Burch, partner at Barclay Damon, LLP, Syracuse, was among the 2022 Upstate New York Rising Stars honorees specializing in business litigation.

2005

Dan Bressler was promoted to partner at Seward & Kissel in New York, N.Y., where he is in the firm’s Investment Management practice group.

2006

Nic Rangel, Esq. was named Executive Director at the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York.

Tibisay Hernandez is diversity and inclusion manager, New York State Office of Diversity and Inclusion Management.

2008

Garrett Guttenberg cofounded Seaview Adjusting Group, an adjusting firm based in Long Beach, N.Y. The firm was featured on “The Blox,” the world’s largest live-in startup competition created by MTV’s Wes Bergman. The show can be viewed on Vimeo, the Beta Blox Facebook Page and the Beta Blox app.

Melissa Alcoba joined the Worker’s Compensation group at Goldberg Segalla in Garden City, N.J

Spring 2023

1992

Wendy Marsh was listed in The Best Lawyers in America for 2023. She is chair of the Environmental and Land Use & Zoning Departments at Hancock Estabrook, LLP, Syracuse.

1993

John Bagyi was named to Lawdragon 500’s Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers. He also was recognized as a 2022 Upstate New York Super Lawyer and listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America.

1994

Alon Bochman joined Google as Group Product Manager for YouTube Ads Privacy.

Francis Creighton was named president of the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America in Washington, D.C.

John Castro joined the faculty at Nassau BOCES GC Tech as a Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC) and plumbing teacher. John is the owner of Air Master LLC.

John Castro, UAlbany Class of 1994
John Castro ’94

1996

Heather Sunser is Barclay Damon’s Financial Services Practice Group leader and Tax Credits Team leader.

Heather Sunser, UAlbany Class of 1996
Heather Sunser ’96

1999

Jana Goldman Ryan is the director of Advancement at Adelphi University.